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Fernwood 2 Night
Format	Situation comedy
Created by	Norman Lear
Starring	Martin Mull Fred Willard Frank De Vol Tommy Tedesco
Country of origin	United States
No. Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films Fred Willard (born September 18 1939 He also appeared as KVWN news director "Ed Harken" in Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and in American Frank Denny De Vol, also known simply as De Vol ( 20 September 1911 - 27 October 1999) was an American Arranger, Composer Thomas J Tedesco ( July 3 1930 &ndash November 10 1997) was an American master The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of episodes	65
Production
Running time	approx. 0:30 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	first-run syndication
Original run	July 4, 1977 – September 8, 1977
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IMDb profile

Fernwood 2 Night (or Fernwood Tonight) was a comedic television program created by Norman Lear as a spin-off/summer replacement from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (sometimes abbreviated as MH2) is a 1976 - 1977 syndicated Soap opera Parody It was a parody talk show, hosted by Barth Gimble (Martin Mull) and sidekick/announcer Jerry Hubbard (Fred Willard), complete with a stage band, Happy Kyne and His Mirthmakers (featuring Frank De Vol as the ironically dour "Happy" Kyne, and Tommy Tedesco as one of the guitarists). A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films Fred Willard (born September 18 1939 He also appeared as KVWN news director "Ed Harken" in Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and in American Frank Denny De Vol, also known simply as De Vol ( 20 September 1911 - 27 October 1999) was an American Arranger, Composer Thomas J Tedesco ( July 3 1930 &ndash November 10 1997) was an American master A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Barth was the twin brother of Garth Gimble from Mary Hartman.

Like Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Fernwood 2Nite was set in the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan The show satirized real talk shows as well as the sort of fare one might expect from locally-produced, small-town, midwestern American television programming. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Well-known actors usually appeared playing characters or a contrivance had to be written for the celebrity to appear as themself. (In one episode, Tom Waits' tour bus happened to break down in Fernwood. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. )

After one season of Fernwood, the producers revamped the show the following year as America 2-Night. America 2-Night was the continuation of the Talk-show Parody series Fernwood 2 Night. In this second version, we find that Barth and Jerry's show has moved to Los Angeles and is now broadcast nationally on the fictional UBS network (presumably a reference to the film Network), whose slogan was "We put U before the BS". Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Network is a 1976 New Hollywood drama film about a fictional Television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS and its struggle This change allowed the show to now have well-known actors on the show as themselves.

In 2001, Martin Mull and Fred Willard reprised their roles in a stage appearance and retrospective at the US Comedy Arts Festival. Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor who has starred in his own TV sitcom and acted in prominent films Fred Willard (born September 18 1939 He also appeared as KVWN news director "Ed Harken" in Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and in American in Aspen, Colorado. The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United

Reruns aired on Nick at Nite from 1990 to 1993, on TV Land in 1996, and again on TV Land sporadically between 2001 and 2003, as part of the TV Land "Kitschen", a weekend block of campy programming that aired at midnight. Nick at Nite is the evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Sunday &ndash Thursdays from 900 p TV Land (originally Nick at Nite's TV Land) is an American Cable television network launched April 29, 1996.

Recurring characters

Mayor Merle Jeeter (Dabney Coleman)
W. Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American Actor. D. 'Bud' Prize (Kenneth Mars)
Tony Rolletti (Bill Kirchenbauer)
Virgil Simms (Jim Varney)
Chuck Emmitt Saugis (Paul Willson)
Garth Gimble Sr. Kenneth Mars (born April 14, 1936) is an American Television, movie and Voice actor, perhaps best known for his roles in several Bill Kirchenbauer (born February 19, 1953 in Salzburg Austria) is an American Stand-up comedian who appeared on numerous television shows James Albert Varney Jr ( June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American Actor. Paul Willson (born December 25 1945 is an American Actor, most notable for his Television work (Robert Williams)
Debbie Dunbar (Bobbie Tremain)

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